Three Designer Children’s Chairs: Tiny furniture for little ones to enjoy

Three Designer Children's Chairs


Discovering disco-inspired lighting and inert neon gas-filled lamps at this year’s Milan Design Week reminded us inspiration can come from anywhere. Meanwhile bouncing between the massive Saloni furniture fair and the design districts of Lambrate and Zona Tortona, we also saw how…

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Marset Scotch Club Light: A ceramic hanging lamp inspired by the birth of disco

Marset Scotch Club Light


In 1959, having skipped the popular band format to play music on a record player, a local dancehall owner in Aachen, Germany asked a young journalist in the crowd to take over and announce and comment on songs as they were played to…

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Travelteq Pocchiali: Protect your glasses with a reversible silk sleeve that doubles as a pocket square

Travelteq Pocchiali


Just because the weather is warming up spring is no time to let your style start slacking. If you’re suiting up this season ditch the proper pocket square and kill two birds with one stone with the…

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Milan Design Week 2013 Preview: An exclusive look at five pieces set to debut this year

Milan Design Week 2013 Preview


With Milan Design Week 2013 just a few short days away we’ve been inundated with sneak peeks of collections both big and small. Rather than keep everything under wraps until we see it in person we’ve put together a short, exclusive preview of five select pieces and where they can…

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Framed

Framed is a collection of unique pieces in hand blown glass in Murano. The project represents a challenge between a digitally controlled shape, the im..

Kiyoshi Mino’s Felt Menagerie: Sparrows, lambs and dramatic chipmunks by an Army vet, farmer and artisan

Kiyoshi Mino's Felt Menagerie

Made with only a needle and some carded wool, Kiyoshi Mino’s large and small felt animals are delightful sculptures of farmstead companions. The colorful ducks, pigs and sparrows are born from a time-consuming process that boils down to a ball of wool and significant dexterity in needle felting, a…

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G by Gloria Guo : Creative collars, pendants and patches from a Beijing-based designer

G by Gloria Guo

Designer Gloria Guo has been fascinated by colorful patterns and handmade crafts since childhood. “As one of my first little hobbies, I used to customize my shoes and pants with small patches,” she says. “When I came to study in Beijing and discovered the marvels of local textile wholesale…

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Faris Jewelry: Minimal brass accessories referencing ’90s hip-hop and mid-century modernism

Faris Jewelry

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest one must find ways to deal with days spent inside due to the dominating rainfall that blankets the region. As a child, Faris Du Graf found herself drawn to design during such times, thanks to her family’s furniture business. “Alver Aalto and Mies…

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Cat Lady Preserves: Handsomely packaged homemade jams by graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan

Cat Lady Preserves

After quitting her job in 2010, graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan decided to take some time to figure out what she wanted from her next position. In the absence of a daily routine, Alsenan started channeling her energy into the kitchen by cooking for her roommate. “I needed more and…

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OTETE & ANYO

They are only original stamps in the world that engraved baby’s tiny handprint or footprint in real size. Not only using a simple stamp that can be st..